Finger-ring



(No Model.)

L. J. HEINTZ. FINGER RING.

Ne. 484,793. Patented oat. 25, 1892.

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LEWIS J. I-IEINTZ, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

FINGER-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,793, dated October 25, 1892.

Application filed July 25, 1892. Serial No. 441,103. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS J. HEINTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing in Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of. New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Fastening Stones in Rings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in finger-rings whereby the stone can be quickly and rigidly secured in its place on the ring, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation cutting through the ring in or about line a a, Fig. 5. Fig. 2 is a substantially vertical section through line 6 c, Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a section on or about line 0 c, Fig. 5, showing the position of the fastening parts when the stone is secured in place. Fig. 4 is a top view of the ring before the stone is put in place. Fig. 5 is a top View of the ring complete. Fig. 6 represents an enlarged perspective view of a stone separate from the ring, showing the small depression in the end.

Referring to said drawings, an ordinary ring adapted to receive a stone'l is shown as a suitable device for illustrating my invention. At the top is a rectangularrim 2, forming a hollow receptacle 3 to receive any suitable ring-stone oroneupon which is secured in anywell-known way an initial letterfor instance, the letter H, (shown in Fig. 5;) but the stone may be used alone, or any suitable device or ornament may be secured thereon, and the shape of the stone and receptacle may be changed from that shown. At the sides or ends or at any suitable portion of the rim 2 is one or two or more small depressions 4, made by forcing the sheet metal from the inside outward at these points, (see Figs. 1. and 2,) so as to produce the hollow projecting portions 5 on the outer sides of said rim. The depressions 4: are then each filled or partly filled with some suitable material. A small ball 5*, of copper, answers a good purpose, (shown in Fig. 2;) but they may be filled up even with the inner face of the rim 2, or nearly so, with ordinary soft solder, or any suitable material may be used for that purpose. The stone 1 (for instance) is also provided with a corresponding series of depressions 7 ,so that when it is slipped within a rim 2, adapted to receive it, the depressions 7 will each be directly opposite the filled depressions 4.. The stone after being put in place within the rim 2 is now rigidly secured therein by forcing the outwardly-projecting portions 5 inward toward the stone, so as to bring the outside surface of rim 2 smooth and even or with the projections 5 only partly pressed in. This operation, it will be readily seen, will force the inner or filled sides of the projections 5 into the depressions 7 in the stone, and thereby hold it rigidlyin place. The stone is then secured in place by any well-known clampingdevice. A small screw-vise will answer this purpose, or a pair of pinchers of any well-known construction adapted for pressing in the projections 5 may be used.

I claim as my invention 1. A ring provided with a rim 2, having a series of hollow outward projections having their inner sides filled or partly filled with solder or other suitable material, so as to bring the inner surface substantially even, for the purposes described.

2. A ring provided with a rim 2, having a series of hollow outward projections filled or partly filled with some suitable material, substantially as above described, so as to bring the surface even or nearly even on the inner sides, in combination with a stone having a corresponding series of depressions adapted to come substantially opposite the filled inner depressions 4, for the purposes described.

3. The herein-described mode of securing a stone to a ring, consisting in providing the receiving-rim 2 with a series of depressions 4, thereby forming the hollow projections 5, then filling or partly filling the depressions at with a suitable material even or nearly even with the inner surface of the rim 2, then inserting a stone adapted to fit the rim 2 and having a corresponding series of depressions 7, and then pressing the projections 5, so that their inner filled sides will project or partly project into the depressions 7 in the stone, for the purposes described.

LEWIS J. HEINTZ. WVitnesses:

J AMES SANGSTER, J ENNIE M. CALDWELL. 

